title: Immigration and recommended care after a suicide attempt in Europe: equity or bias?
abstract: This report describes the investigation of care recommendations in the medical system across European countries to immigrants who attempted suicide. Data from seven European countries with 8865 local and 2921 immigrant person-cases were derived from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour and ensuing MONSUE (Monitoring Suicidal Behaviour in Europe) project. The relationship between immigrant status and type of aftercare recommended was analysed with binary logistic regression, adjusting for gender, age, method of attempt and the Centre collecting the data. Clear disparities were identified in the care recommendation practices toward immigrants, compared with hosts, over and above differing policies by the European Centres.
authors.affiliation: 1 National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP) at Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council's Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Sweden.
authors.forename: Cendrine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bursztein Lipsicas
authors.forename: Ilkka Henrik
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Mäkinen
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wasserman
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apter
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bobes
authors.forename: Ad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kerkhof
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: Ellinor Salander
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Renberg
authors.forename: Kees
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van Heeringen
authors.forename: Airi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Värnik
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidtke
mesh_terms: D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011287:Prejudice; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data